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Āyah (; (アラビア語:آية); plural: āyāt ) means "evidence" or "sign". In the context of Islam's principal scripture, the Quran, ''ayah'' is used to mean "verse", i.e. each statement or paragraph marked by a number. ==Overview== Although meaning "verse" when using the Quran, it is doubtful whether "''ayah''" means anything other than "sign" or "remarkable event" in the Quran's text. The "signs" refer to various phenomena, ranging from the universe, its creation, the alternation between day and night, rainfall, the life and growth plants, etc. Other references are to miracles or to the rewards of belief and the fate of unbelievers. For example: : "And of his signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures." (42:29, i.e. ''sura'' 42, ''ayah'' 29) : "And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat." (33:33) : "... and they denied him; therefore we destroyed them. Herein is indeed a sign yet most of them are not believers." (26:139) : "... you are but a mortal like us. So bring some sign if you are of the truthful." (26:154) Chapters in the Quran consist of several verses, varying in number from 3 to 286. Within a long chapter, the verses may be further grouped into thematic sequences or passages. For the purpose of interpretation, the verses are separated into two groups: those that are clear and unambiguous (''muhkam'') and those that are allegorical (''mutashabeh'').〔(The Ayahs of the Quran: The Muhkam and the Mutashabih ) (Association of Islamic Charitable Projects).〕 This distinction is based on the Quran itself: "It is God Who has sent down to you the Book. In it are verses that are 'clear', they are the foundation of the Book. Others are 'allegorical' but those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: We believe in the Book, the whole of it is from our Lord. And none will grasp the Message except men of understanding."〔"Ali-Imran (3:7 ) from the Yusuf Ali translation of the Quran online at the Quranic Arabic Corpus.〕 The word ''ayah'' is also used to refer to the verses of the Bible by Arab Christians and Christians in countries where Arabic words are used for religious terms.〔For example, 〕 A common myth persists that the number of verses in the Quran is 6,666. In fact, the total number of verses in all chapters is 6,236, although this varies depending on how (or if) the ''Basmala'' appearing at the start of each chapter are counted. The Unicode symbol for a Quran verse, U+06DD, is: .〔A (scanned) example of the Unicode ''ayah'' character is on page 3 of this (Proposal for additional Unicode characters ).〕 The first ayahs in the Quran from a chronological order are ''Read (Muhammad! ) in the name of your Lord who created. (96.1) He created man from a clot. (96.2) Read, and your Lord is the Most Honorable (96.3) who taught with the pen'' from sura Al-Alaq. The first ayahs from a traditional order are ''In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate'' from sura Al-Fatiha. The first ayahs after the opening sura are '' Alif Lam Mim. This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil)'', from sura Al-Baqara 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ayah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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